RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.886(21), by which the Assembly resolved that the function of
adopting performance standards and technical specifications, as well as amendments
thereto, shall be performed by the Maritime Safety Committee and/or the Marine
Environment Protection Committee, as appropriate, on behalf of the Organization,
RECALLING FURTHER that, in accordance with resolution A.1046(27), containing the "Revised Report on the Study of a
Worldwide Radionavigation System", adopted as the IMO policy for the recognition and
acceptance of suitable radionavigation systems intended for international use, the
Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) may be recognized as a possible component
of the worldwide radionavigation system,
NOTING that shipborne receiving equipment for the worldwide radionavigation system should
be designed to satisfy the detailed requirements of the particular system concerned,
RECOGNIZING the need to develop performance standards for shipborne Japanese QZSS
receiver equipment in order to ensure the operational reliability of such equipment and
taking into account the technological progress and experience gained,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 102nd session, the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on
Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue, at its seventh session,
1 ADOPTS the Performance standards for shipborne Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite
System (QZSS) receiver equipment, set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2 RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that shipborne Japanese QZSS receiver equipment
installed on or after 1 January 2024 conforms to performance standards not inferior to
those specified in the annex to the present resolution.